Aidan Laprete

Aidan Laprete was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. His "hapa" looks of ½ Japanese, Italian, Irish, English, German and American Indian placed him on the little screen from the age of 18 months. He continued to do commercials as a child and at 8 years old, was featured singing in an episode of "Hawaii Five-0". Through his preteens, he focused mainly on music, live performances, and touring before landing his first supporting role as teenager "Rico" in the indie feature, "Under the Blood Red Sun". Before moving to California in 2016, he was cast in a few short films, and played himself on "Adam Devine's House Party". Aidan's most recent work include "Everything's Gonna Be Okay" and Kevin on "Chad". Aidan plays Henry Tanaka in the second season of Amazon Prime Video's "The Wilds". In addition to acting, music has always been a major part of Aidan's career. At 20, he is an award-winning singer-songwriter and music producer who has been creating alternative pop music with ambient/electronic/garage influences. Formerly known as Aidan James, he was a YouTube sensation at the age of 8, with over 20+ million views earning global recognition for his cover of "Hey Soul Sister". Aidan has toured Japan, Tahiti, and the US. He has been featured on ABC News, HBO, and Good Morning America and toured with Grammy award-winning band, Train. In 2020, he re-branded to Laprete and his debut production work on Grayson's album "Head To Head", received support from Billboard and multiple Spotify editorial playlists.